Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Country  Netherlands
National selection
Selection process Het Nationaal Songfestival 1990
Selection date(s) 16 February 1990
23 February 1990
10 March 1990
Selected entrant Maywood
Selected song "Ik wil alles met je delen"
Finals performance
Final result 15th, 25 points
Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1989 1990 1992►

The Netherlands was represented by Maywood, with the song '"Ik wil alles met je delen", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Zagreb on 5 May. Two semi-finals were held in February, followed by the final on 10 March.

Semi-finals

Each semi-final contained ten songs, with the top five in each going forward to the final. Voting was by jury, and only the qualifiers were announced with no scores being made public.[1]

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 1–16 February 1990
Draw Artist Song Qualification
1 Cha-Cha "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" Y
2 Rose Glisten "Niet zonder jou" N
3 Gordon "Gini" Y
4 Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" Y
5 Angelina van Dijk "Later" N
6 Shan "Anne" N
7 Jeans "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" Y
8 Harold Verwoerdt "Blijf maar bij mij" N
9 Helen Carmine "Morgen" N
10 Marc Benz "Geef mij een kans" Y

Semi-final 2

Semi-final 2–23 February 1990
Draw Artist Song Qualification
1 The Company "Zonder liedje" Y
2 Georgie Davis "Eenmaal" Y
3 Simple and Pure "Einde van de regentijd" Y
4 Jolanda de Wit "Je bent het echt" N
5 Erik Mesie "Liefde" N
6 Aurora "De mooiste dag" N
7 John Vis "Ben je gek" N
8 Gina "Liever alleen" Y
9 Tony Neef "Alles" N
10 Shift "Helemaal" Y

Final

The final took place on 10 March at the Congresgebouw in The Hague, hosted by Paula Patricio. Ten songs competed to become that year's Dutch entrant, to be chosen by juries in the twelve Dutch provinces, who awarded 10 points to their favourite song down to 1 point to the least-liked. Maywood won by a 7-point margin, having been ranked first by four of the juries, two more than any other competing song.[2]

Final - 10 March 1990
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 The Company "Zonder liedje" 95 2
2 Cha-Cha "Oh wat een heerlijke tijd" 46 8
3 Gordon "Gini" 45 9
4 Simple and Pure "Einde van de regentijd" 60 6
5 Georgie Davis "Eenmaal" 44 10
6 Jeans "Freedom, Freiheit, liberté" 64 5
7 Gina "Liever alleen" 56 7
8 Marc Benz "Geef mij een kans" 69 4
9 Maywood "Ik wil alles met je delen" 102 1
10 Shift "Helemaal" 79 3
Jury votes
Song Drenthe Overijssel Zeeland Utrecht Limburg South
Holland
North
Brabant
North
Holland
Friesland Flevoland Groningen Gelderland Total
Zonder liedje7889991061084795
Oh wat een heerlijke tijd13658124361646
Gini514335132105345
Einde van de regentijd67377365653260
Eenmaal36521841117544
Freedom, Freiheit, liberté941104257828464
Liever alleen89912432449156
Geef mij een kans2224101078592869
Ik wil alles met je delen1010786799971010102
Helemaal4510656810736979

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Maywood performed 5th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Ik wil alles met je delen" had received 25 points from 10 countries (the highest mark being 6 from France), placing the Netherlands 15th of the 22 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to France.[3]

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